Example sentences of "might [adv] [be] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ritual might properly be considered a stage between this present section , on preparing the hearth , and the next , on lighting the fire , for U can be a means of enlivening a situation and of allowing positive energies to flow into the structure prepared .
2 One problem , however , is that only a subset of all texts do in fact have what might loosely be called a story structure .
3 Perhaps sometime I 'll be able to devise a way round my official non-existence and apply for a gun myself , though even then , all things considered , I might not be granted a licence .
4 ‘ I 'm upset , as you put it , because you did n't even have the courtesy to warn me that I might not be giving a lecture that 's due in eight days ’ time .
5 The Irish management team of manager Noel Murphy , captain Phil Danaher and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald will slip into New Zealand hoping the All Blacks will be so concerned with their tilts at the World XV , the Australians in the Bledisloe Cup and the South Africans on their August tour that they might just be caught a bit unawares when Ireland arrive .
6 Thus there is liability 9–09 for defects in virtually anything which might conceivably be considered a product , including goods , electricity , gas and vapours .
7 ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam .
8 But for one or two better clad of the group , the place might truthfully be designated a shopful of rags .
9 It might also be called a form of ‘ negative power ’ — the power to disrupt .
10 His wife might even be sparing a thought for the murdered women 's families , never guessing that the man she was married to had been the perpetrator .
11 She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood !
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